diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index aa06705c4fb023b1e519a07a275052f4907204ea..3d06fdca0a53808e9db12011842e7a0c1f7af33f 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@ type AddrsFactory = bhost.AddrsFactory
 // NATManagerC is a NATManager constructor.
 type NATManagerC func(inet.Network) bhost.NATManager
 
-type Routing interface {
+type BasicRouting interface {
 	routing.ContentRouting
 	routing.PeerRouting
 }
 
-type RoutingC func(host.Host) (Routing, error)
+type RoutingC func(host.Host) (BasicRouting, error)
 
 // Config describes a set of settings for a libp2p node
 //
diff --git a/libp2p.go b/libp2p.go
index ad026ad4bd8439099b78ed749af57cab2baccf1c..6c928c31595259ea0b1809351b21f789878b928f 100644
--- a/libp2p.go
+++ b/libp2p.go
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ type Config = config.Config
 // (`libp2p.New`).
 type Option = config.Option
 
+// BasicRouting is the combination of PeerRouting and ContentRouting
+type BasicRouting = config.BasicRouting
+
 // ChainOptions chains multiple options into a single option.
 func ChainOptions(opts ...Option) Option {
 	return func(cfg *Config) error {
diff --git a/p2p/host/relay/autorelay_test.go b/p2p/host/relay/autorelay_test.go
index 38e7f518c47646c3989cb5ce82a5d3a73ef17e67..ff4d850715ea12b34645a3b704a048b01e0d0856 100644
--- a/p2p/host/relay/autorelay_test.go
+++ b/p2p/host/relay/autorelay_test.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	libp2p "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p"
-	config "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/config"
 	relay "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/host/relay"
 
 	ggio "github.com/gogo/protobuf/io"
@@ -137,7 +136,7 @@ func TestAutoRelay(t *testing.T) {
 	defer cancel()
 
 	mtab := newMockRoutingTable()
-	makeRouting := func(h host.Host) (config.Routing, error) {
+	makeRouting := func(h host.Host) (libp2p.BasicRouting, error) {
 		mr := newMockRouting(h, mtab)
 		return mr, nil
 	}